Archive for March, 2009

Spring showers bring sparse but interesting offerings this week, including underground film at Whitespace and glass bead collage at Marcia Wood Gallery. »

They’re obviously pretty different images: portrait versus landscape, detailed text versus emotional outpouring. Still, both these images use similar elements of design to deliver a basic message: “do what we tell you.” The Metropolitan Police Service launched their new campaign this March. Ken Lum, whose work focuses on questions of race and identity, frequently creates... »

Shortly after moving to Atlanta in 2007, I had the good fortune of stumbling upon the Victorian Surrealism of local artist Jeffrey Harp. One fall day I stopped by Parkgrounds to grab a cup of coffee, and there they were—a selection of compelling photographs in the exhibit Wrested from Its Secrets. Recently I had... »

There are galleries in Atlanta who compromise their vision by representing artists whose work is easier to digest so that they can stay afloat. (On one hand, who can blame them?) —Lisa Alembik Lisa Alembik is the mistress of Dalton Gallery, the acclaimed exhibition space of Agnes Scott College in Decatur. During its recent past,... »

Get ready for the second Westside Arts District Art Walk, talks by renowned scholars, and a chance for everyone to channel their inner Picasso. »

Approaching Abby Glassenberg and David Hale’s “Birds of a Feather,” my first instinct was to explore the significance of birds in art work. What ideas do they represent that warrant an entire gallery exhibition in their name? From Brancusi to Hitchcock, birds have shouldered many metaphors throughout art history. Their varieties... »

Neda Abghari Neda Abghari is the lady behind the idea and lens of the Atlanta Creatives Project, which she describes as “a photographic documentation of Atlanta’s creative core.” So far, Atlanta Creatives has featured photo shoot interviews with local artists such as Rene Arriagada, Charlie Owens, and Kiki Blood, as well as several designers... »

Sarah Dougherty paints rooms. She paints rooms so often that in some sort of a simplistic swoop she chose to title her URL RoomPortraits.com. Of course artists have long painted reality, though today’s young aesthetic creators have largely abandoned traditional still life and landscape painting in favor of fantasy, abstraction, and iconography. Leave it... »

The moment of panic. The door’s kicked in and the______has been taken. The vacuum of feeling at the heart of surprise. I am trapped in that space, surrounded by shapes who move in a senseless rhythm. I can’t see their faces, but I think I can tell what they’re doing. One is in the... »

This week there are many opportunities to see art in a variety of media, including ceramics, prints, paintings, and even bookshelves. Check out some of the week’s activities below. »